How LGBTQ+ Hip-Hop Artists Found Their Voices and Changed Culture
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How LGBTQ+ Hip-Hop Artists Found Their Voices and Changed Culture | KQED Skip to Nav Skip to Main Skip to Footer That's My Word How LGBTQ+ Hip-Hop Artists Found Their Voices and Changed Culture Nastia Voynovskaya Dec 6 Save Article Save Article Failed to save article Please try again Facebook Share-FB Twitter Share-Twitter Email Share-Email Copy Link Copy Link Tupac, Queen Latifah and Page Hodel at Hodel's LGBTQ+ party, The Box, in the early '90s. (Courtesy of Page Hodel) Editor’s note: This story is part of That’s My Word , KQED’s year-long exploration of Bay Area hip-hop history. I n 1990, three years before she asked the world “Who you callin’ a bitch?” on her breakout hit “ U. N. I. T. Y. ,” Queen Latifah was an up-and-coming artist signed to Tommy Boy Records.